Marblehead School budget: What are you getting for your money? Priorities were narrowed; the final vote to be taken Thursday, April 8 Wicked Local Concerns about reliance on one-time funding sources, how priorities fit into a long-range plan, and the lack of a plan for addressing kids that have fallen behind over the last year and a half were the main concerns voiced at the School Committee’s public hearing Thursday, April 1. After closing an $800,000 gap between the town’s budget and one the School Department initially proposed, the committee offered up a $41,839,543 budget for Fiscal Year 2022. What are you getting?